Hard labor. Miniatures. Pikul V.

At the turn of the XIX and XX centuries on the edge of the lands of the Russian Empire, in a deaf taiga, an unknown village unknown to anyone, unknown to anyone, was lurked, unknown to anyone. People lived here, the owners themselves, without taxes, without a officer and without any power. Who are they: dashing robbers or fugitive convicts, slaves or seekers of freedom? What made them hide in Glukhoman, happiness or human grief? And will they want to exchange their freemen for the custody of the provincial official and his assistants?